Garment



I. J. SMITH.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.8. WI?- Patented Jan. 27, 1920.

BY I

4&14' ATTOR EYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRWIN J. SMITH, 0F MENANDS, NEW YORK.

GARMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, IRWIN J. SMITH, a

citizen of the United States, and resident of Menands, Albany county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garments and particularly to under garments.

An object of my inventionis to produce an article of the above character so constructed that it will be of substantially uniform weight throughout but of different kinds of material so arranged that the part of the garment covering that part of the body of the wearer which is well protected by outer garments, will be made of fibers which are good conductors of heat, such as cotton or other fibers of vegetable origin, whereas the parts of the garment which cover that part of the body of the wearer, which is less well protected by outer garments, are made of fibers which are poor conductors of heat, such as wool,silk or other fibers of animal origin. 7

My invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawing showing by way of illustration three embodiments thereof, in which- Figure 1 shows a front elevation of a garment of the union suit t pe.

Fig. 2 is similar to Fig.1 ut differs somewhat in arrangement.

Fig. 3 is another modification of the garment shown in the preceding figures.

In the drawings, the garment consists of a body portion 1 and limb portions 2. In all the figures the longitudinal parallel lines indicate fibers of vegetable origin or good conductors of heat, whereas the transverse dotted lines indicate fibers of animal origin 'made of say, cotton and the lower part 5 of wool. In Fig. 2 the woolen part of the lower part of the garment extends to about the waist band whereas inFig. 1 the body por- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J an. 27, 1920.

Application filed December 8, 1917. Serial No. 206,233.

2. In Fig. 3 the garment is composed entirely of fibers of vegetable origin except that part of the leg portion which extends downwardly from approximately the knee.

In all of the illustrations the various portions of the garment are of equal weight so that the garment itself will not be objectionable on account of the variation in weight of the different arts. The various parts of different material are furthermore preferably continuously knitted or woven together so that the line of union between the two kinds of material would not be noticeable without close inspection, although the parts may, if desirable, be made separate and loop stitched or otherwise fastened together.

My invention includes a garment of the character above indicated which is all knitted or all woven, or part knitted and part woven of all one weight of different kinds of fibers of the same construction, or the same weight of different fibers of different construction, and the parts may be fastened together by sewing, looping, transferring or other method of attachment.

Various advantages will be apparent from the invention as above described, particularly that in a garment of this kind, if that part of the body of the wearer which is amply protected by outer garments is covered by a woolen under garment, the wearer is frequently annoyedby discomfort due primarily to the woolen fibers or the nonconductors of heat, whereas in .sueh garments in which the less well protected parts are covered by cotton material, while they will be comfortable inside are nevertheless frequently uncomfortable when out of doors. By the arrangement above illustrated and described and various modifications thereof, which are within the purport of my invention, the parts of the body of the wearer which would be subject to discomfort if covered with fibers which are poor conductors of heat, are in my garment covered by good conductors of heat, so that the heat generated by the body is freely dissipated, whereas those parts of the body of the wearer, which when out of doors would be subject to undue exposure if covered by fibers which are good conductors of heat, are in my garment protected by fibers which are nonconductors of heat. This arrangement .04V

only secures comfort when in doors but secures comfort and protection likewise when out of doors.

Obviously many modifications may be made of the invention above described, but

I have shown three forms which the invenmay take, but I wish it to be understood that these drawings are purely by way of illustration and my invention is not in any way limited to any or all of these specific embodiments. My invention may be applied to garments of the union suit type or to separate arments, and the portions of fibers of good eat conductivity and those fibers of poor heat conductivity may be placed at various parts of the garment, and I desire it to be understood that my invention is limited only by the claims appended hereto. Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An under garment havin body and limb portions of knitted material and certain parts of each of said portions being of fibers of vegetable origin and the other parts thereof being of similar weight and of fibers of animal origin and continuously knitted onto the first parts. I

2. An under garment having body and leg portions, the body portion and that part of the leg portion extending down to above the knee thereof being knitted of fibers of good heat conductivity and the balance of the leg portion being continuously similarly knitted of fibers of poor heat conductivity and of substantially the same weight as the body ortion.

3. in under garment having body and leg portions, the body portion and that part of the leg portion extending down to above the knee thereof being knitted of fibers of cotton and the balance of the leg portion being continuously similarly knitted of fibers of wool and of substantially the same weight as the body portion. c

4. An under garment having the body portion thereof made of knitted fibers of vegetable origin and the lower part of the. limbs thereof made of knitted fibers of animal origin said portions being similar and of substantially the same weight.

5. An under garment having body and leg portions, the body portion and a part of the leg portion being knitted of fibers of vegetable origin and the balance of the leg portion being continuously similarly knitted of fibers of animal origin and of substantially the same weight as the other portion.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

IRWIN J. SMITH. 

